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The provincial government will invest an additional $60 million to compensate victims, rebuild the downtown area and revitalize the Fatima district in Lac-Mégantic, announced municipal affairs minister Pierre Moreau on Sunday.

He shouldn’t be out of work for long. A politician of Jean Charest’s calibre, with his vast network of contacts, here and abroad, dynamic speaking talents and 28 years of public service is bound to be scooped up by someone.

They may lose their limousines and some of the other perks that go with the top jobs in the province, but most of the incumbent cabinet ministers have at least kept their seats in the National Assembly — with the exception of Premier Jean Charest himself.